Means and Methods of Protecting Your Kit from Theft

[Old WoodChip]

shoot the bastards first as last, end of story.

The law is on the tea leafs side as you will see in a post somewhere here when I replied to someone saying how I reported diesel theft & the blue lights didnt get off their arses quick enough to catch them so they drove off with 5 or 7 25litre drum fulls. I was told by the law no crime was committed unless the unlucky sod who owned the machine reports the theft?

Rant off my chest :-)

I engrave all my tools in a place thats hardest to grind off, it may not get them back but I dont let them out of my sight to get them nicked

[Jesse]

Iv now got dogs every where, on every corner of a building , when one of them barks i dont switch any lights on ,i just sneak out of a window usually in my pants cus my house is very hot, and suprice who ever is there with a punch to the face . thats normally the end of that.

[Rob D]

We've now got 8 IP cameras and they are very good.

 

They function as normal cameras and I have 4 hooked up to a monitor. They are good resolution and also have (limited) night vision.

 

When I get a chance I'm going to stick up a thread on how they work as you can watch them anywhere you're near a wifi on your iphone.

 

But there is hassals in getting this working.....

[Jesse]

Iv now got dogs every where, on every corner of a building , when one of them barks i dont switch any lights on ,i just sneak out of a window usually in my pants cus my house is very hot, and suprice who ever is there with a punch to the face . thats normally the end of that.

 

forgot to say youd be supriced how scarred they can be when you catch then them out, they never exspect any one to chellenge them:thumbup:

[GardenKit]

shoot the bastards first as last, end of story.

The law is on the tea leafs side as you will see in a post somewhere here when I replied to someone saying how I reported diesel theft & the blue lights didnt get off their arses quick enough to catch them so they drove off with 5 or 7 25litre drum fulls. I was told by the law no crime was committed unless the unlucky sod who owned the machine reports the theft?

Rant off my chest :-)

I engrave all my tools in a place thats hardest to grind off, it may not get them back but I dont let them out of my sight to get them nicked

You dont need to let it out of your sight to lose it. A customer of mine put his hedgecutter down, still running, while he moved his ladder. A car screeched to a halt, passenger door swung open and a hand reached out and grabbed the machine. The car drove off before he could react! Guess thats totally opportunist theft.

[Pete Tattam]

shoot the bastards first as last, end of story.

The law is on the tea leafs side as you will see in a post somewhere here when I replied to someone saying how I reported diesel theft & the blue lights didnt get off their arses quick enough to catch them so they drove off with 5 or 7 25litre drum fulls. I was told by the law no crime was committed unless the unlucky sod who owned the machine reports the theft?

Rant off my chest :-)

I engrave all my tools in a place thats hardest to grind off, it may not get them back but I dont let them out of my sight to get them nicked

 

It makes my blood boil when people blame the police for not being everywhere, all the time and with nothing else to do. Crime rates have rocketed in the last 20 years but police numbers have not increased, in fact they have reduced. More legislation needs to be enforced which the police have to investigate, and more often than not create specialist units which take front line officers off the streets (online crime,child sex, domestic violence,people trafficking to name just a few). There are simply not enough officers to cover the work load and the rank and file find this as infuriating as the public. So please cut them some slack, they want to catch the bad guys but have to work within the restraints of logistics and, unfortunately, the law.

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Method I saw was a section of marine plyboard with some sharp nails in and covered in leaves. Person said most thieves wear training shoes and will then be able to have a DNA sample. Drastic measures but he had been done numerous times.

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

There is a spate of diesel being stolen in the Derbyshire/Staffordshire/Nottinghamshire areas with plastic tanks having a hole being drilled in and the fuel sucked out. Numerous vehicles in large carparks are also having the CAT cut off the exhaust system whilst the person is shopping so be aware.

 

The local Police here have an E-mail alert system to inform small business of the crime trends.

[firewood]

It makes my blood boil when people blame the police for not being everywhere, all the time and with nothing else to do. Crime rates have rocketed in the last 20 years but police numbers have not increased, in fact they have reduced. More legislation needs to be enforced which the police have to investigate, and more often than not create specialist units which take front line officers off the streets (online crime,child sex, domestic violence,people trafficking to name just a few). There are simply not enough officers to cover the work load and the rank and file find this as infuriating as the public. So please cut them some slack, they want to catch the bad guys but have to work within the restraints of logistics and, unfortunately, the law.

 

I have family members in the force ....sorry police service as they are now called. While what you say is true the problem is compounded by laziness, stupidity and elf n safety compliance at all levels of the force. Not all officers but enough to matter. The other issue is sentencing. If offenders are out of circulation for longer by definition they cannot commit so many crimes.

 

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[treebloke]

Chatting to a local tree guy about kit getting nicked, he told me that a few yrs ago a tree climber was feeding brash into a chipper in London when he realized it was moving forward:confused1: so he climbed onto the chipper and over the draw bar and over the truck, Indiana Jones style as it drove down the road, hammer in hand attacking the thief from above - got him.

 

Has anybody else heard the story and has a bit more detail to add:thumbup1:

 

Very true, the lads name is Russ Griffiths and he used to work for me but has now gone to Oz with his wife after getting fed up with the way it is here.

 

He did hit the driver with a monkey wrench, the driver lost control and veered off the road and they all ended up in a ditch, a transit van pulled up and the driver/thief got in and off they went leaving him with truck and chipper in a ditch with the engines still running.